Chef Dan Hunter (Brae) is in the mix of a pretty stellar lineup for this year's Grand Gelinaz Shuffle. Best described as an international mystery chef swap, Gelinaz is a project like few others in the food world.

Dan Hunter. IMAGE: Tim Grey for Broadsheet

And it has a very clear agenda: to politely shunt some of the world’s leading chefs out of their comfort zones, explore the bounds of cross-cultural culinary collaboration and thrill lucky diners along the way.